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The topic we will be discussing in this episode is Racism

Topic Overview

Discussing race is never easy. It’s quite possibly the most divisive topic of our current era. A fair skinned person of european descent needs a lot of caveats before discussing anything pertaining to the lives and cultures of peoples of a different ethnic persuasion. And had better acknowledge his or her ‘privilege’ and apologise sincerely and profusely for his or her’s part in the exploitation of all non-white races since time immemorial. Otherwise, this person is a racist.

Off-topic

What we’re not talking about

Boogers

Talking Points

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Not that diverse though. I mean, they’re all black. How can they be racist to each other? Doesn’t make any sense. Surely that’s not what we’re talking about here.

Least diverse: Japan, Korea

Are these cultures racist? – maybe discuss this later on.

Physiology

Skin colour or color

Melanin

Environmental factors

Facial characteristics

Body types

Diseases

Intelligence

Discussion about ‘inequality’ in the range of features honkies have access to (eye color, hair color, hair type etc) compared with people from an ethnic persuasion (predominantly shades of brown) and the ethics of even pointing these things out.

History

Castes

Slavery

Origins

In-group preference

Brief overview of within living memory and explanation that we’re talking about the west as that’s what we’re more likely to know about

What did the Bible have to do with any of this?

‘The Christian Bible was interpreted to sanction slavery and from the 1820s to the 1850s was often used in the antebellum Southern United States, by writers such as the Rev. Richard Furman and Thomas R. Cobb, to enforce the idea that Negroes had been created inferior, and thus suited to slavery.’ Scientific Racism wikipedia

And what else?

Current problems

Youths in general are babies that are fragile

This + victim culture can be a toxic mix

America’s disproportionate attention

Historic reasons for this.

Jim Crow

Civil War

‘not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character’

The history of black counter culture, subversion

is ‘gangster’ culture harmful?

Obama said “hidden biases that we all carry around” once in an interview. Was this a nod to in-group preference?

Elsewhere on the planet

How ‘actually racist other parts of the world is. Spain for example.

‘Triggered’

Snapchat

State measures

Affirmative Action

Politics

Racism can be useful to promote agenda

White privilege

As a white person, your opinion is invalid

Social Bumflakes

Calling people racists who are:

Racist

Not Racist

People who call people racist are sometimes:

Correct and it is right to call out racists

Arseholes who have no argument other than shouting ‘racist!’ like Ben Affleck did.

Why do some people call people racist when they’re not?

Because they want to score points with people of color

Because they want to score points with people who want to score points with people of color

What are points?

Special crampons for shinnying up the self-serving greasy pole to reach an fat overflowing bag with shiny gold coins hewn from pure political correctness and sparkling sanctimony-shaped diamonds.

Human psychology

Implicit Association Test

Activism

Civil Rights

Black Lives Matter

The social justice warrior

The argument for equality

Who would argue with that?

The use of statistics

Violent crime in America

How statistics are being used to foment racial hatred

Popular culture

The blame game

Victim culture

Offense inequality If you were to reverse Black Lives Matter, there would be pandemonium. (This goes for most feminist activism too.)

White guilt

Do we feel this? Well, we should Mr Privilege.

Glossary

Terminology specific to the topic

Ethnicity

The N-Word (Nuts) A dark-skinned person of sub-Saharan African origin or descent; = Negro n. 1a.This term is strongly racially offensive when used by a white person in reference to a black person. In written Black English and written representations of spoken Black English, however, there are usually not the same negative connotations. Recently the term has been reclaimed by some black speakers and used with positive connotations in various senses (esp. in the form nigga: see note in etymology, and senses A. 1c, A. 4, and A. 5). However, even among black speakers, use of the word is problematic because of its potential to give offence, as is clear from the following, from a black speaker:

1995 N.Y. Times 14 Jan. i. 7 The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the ‘N-word’ was so vile that he would not utter it. ‘It's the filthiest, dirtiest, nastiest word in the English language,’ Mr. Darden said. - OED(no access? If you’re a Brit, you can authenticate with your library card otherwise, you’ll need to pay!)

Race

RacismA belief that one’s own racial or ethnic group is superior, or that other such groups represent a threat to one's cultural identity, racial integrity, or economic well-being; (also) a belief that the members of different racial or ethnic groups possess specific characteristics, abilities, or qualities, which can be compared and evaluated. Hence: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against people of other racial or ethnic groups (or, more widely, of other nationalities), esp. based on such beliefs. - OED

Wrap Up

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